Beer: Ratings & Reviews

Reviews by jhtipton:

Picked up a 50 cl can at the local Ikea. Nice festive can with an elf on it. Pours a nice dark amber with quickly dissapating head. Smells slightly metallic with some of the roasted malt hints. Mouthfeel is somewhat flat and medium bodied. Drinkability is okay but fortunately I can only buy once a year.

A very large head developed while pouring. It has a brownish grey colour. There's no lacing. It's irregular in shape.The colour is rusty brown, it resembles cola. There's not a lot of carbonation present.The scent gives roasted malt, walnut and chocolate.The taste is faint at first: foamy, chocolate mousse, cookie dough. Taste becomes stronger over time: roasted malt and wet grains. The sensation is overall dry.The aftertaste still contains that burned dry sensation.

The website gives this brew a C, I disagree, I'm actually quite satisfied. It's not subtle, on the contrary, I has a strong wild element that appeals to me.

Sold in bulk at IKEA, the Christmas beer has yet the taste of a lager banal, which is odd anyway. Dark brown. More than a european dark lager Schwarzbier. Aromas of lager and light coffee at a time. Mouth with a slight bitterness banal way caffeine. Nothing too transcendent for a Christmas beer. The Belgian classics are better.

Very dark and poured with a creamy head that disappeared very quickly. Smelled of malt, caramel and lots of nut.Predominantly nutty in taste with a hint of grass and some malt.Light to medium bodied with a fairly thin mouthfeel and a good carbonation. A bit light for this style of beer, but anyone who has indulged in a real Swedish julbord (Christmas smorgasbord) for 3-4 hours would appreciate the lightness of this beer.

The smell is quite mild, malty and somewhat sweet sour with some notes of crisp bread.

The carbonation is quite strong with small bubbles as it should be in a Swedish Christmas lager.

The taste is malty with some sweet notes. The slowly growing bitterness got some burned and fruity notes. The finishing taste is gentle and dry.

This is a quite discreet dark lager. On the other hand, if a beer should be able to accomplish the Swedish yuletide smorgasbord with its smoked, salt, sweet, sour and peppery tastes, it might not be too robust.

Quite dark appearance. A lot of foam, beige, quite creamy, but quickly falling.
The smell is malty, with dark malts.
In the taste is more on the caramel sides, but without being cloying.
Honest. A bit of bitterness, liquorice and roots.
Average body. Malty and caramel aftertaste, qith some liquorice again.

Obviously supposed to be some sort of Christmas beer given the can/bottle artwork.A - Poured from the can a very dark mahogany colour with a couple of centimetres of beige head that quickly fall away.S - Smell is caramel sweet with fairly strong dark fruit touch. A very vauge smokey hint is present.T - Again caramel sweet and dark fruit like the smell. Some light spice notes.M - Medium bodied and pretty low carbonation.D - The richness of this limits it's drinkability somewhat but if you like rich, dark beers then this ain't too bad. $2.99AUS per 500ml can is an OK price too.